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Chapter 0254 Re-entering the Champions League semi-finals

Manchester United took the initiative to recover, while Monaco began to push forward the attack, and they had no way out.

Although the total score is 4:4, Manchester United has three away goals, and Monaco must score another goal to ensure that they can get the right to advance.

But just when Monaco was upset when he was not able to score for a long time, Manchester United intercepted the ball in the backcourt and suddenly made a counterattack. Luke Shaw quickly inserted along the left side and quickly crossed the center line after receiving a pass from Rashford.

At this time, Monaco's defense was quickly returning to defense, and the England left defender looked up and found the young player Mbappe who was heading in the front. He was ambushed between Monaco's central defender Jemoson and left defender Mendy, and was holding up his right hand to ask for the ball.

Without thinking, Luke Xiao made a long pass with his left foot. The ball quickly crossed Monaco's defense line and landed in front of Mbappe.

Mbappe also chased after him as fast as possible, and Jemoson chased him tightly.

Outside the penalty area, Mbappe turned sideways, blocked Gemosen with his body, and stopped the ball with his chest.

But just as Mbappe stopped the ball and turned around and was about to get rid of Jemoson, the referee blew the whistle.

"The referee blew Monaco's Jemoson foul. He had an obvious pulling action when Mbappe stopped the ball and turned around. But Mbappe seemed very dissatisfied with the penalty because he had already started it, and obviously believed that the referee should follow the principle of offense favorable principles and should not whistle at that time."

"This time the penalty was indeed a bit unfavorable for Manchester United, because Mbappe could have completely broken free from Jemoson at that time. After dribbling into the penalty area, he directly formed a one-on-one strike, but now a very threatening attack was interrupted."

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After protesting slightly symbolically for a while, Mbappe immediately ran to pick up the ball. He didn't want to foolishly get a yellow card because he kept beating with the referee.

Mbappe picked up the ball and threw it on the ground. He quickly wanted to send a free kick quickly, but at this time the referee blew the whistle again and signaled that he would stop and not send quickly, and he had to wait for the opponent to line up the wall.

Mbappe, who had just rushed out like an arrow, could only smile bitterly and shake his head, and kept walking back.

This expression was also captured by live TV cameras, and the commentator obviously found it very interesting.

"Haha, Mbappe is also very cunning. He wants to get a quick free kick, but it is obviously seen through by the referee. He did not give him such a chance, and he seems to have been hit."

"But I have to say that the free kick at this position is still very threatening."

"De Bruyne should be the penalty for Manchester United."

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Although De Bruyne is not Manchester United's number one free kick hand, and Rooney and Mata's free kick order is ahead of him, his free kick and corner kick are both very good.

After Monaco set up a wall of men, the referee also exited the penalty area and immediately blew the whistle, indicating that he could make a free throw.

De Bruyne started running and then hanged the ball towards Monaco's penalty area with one kick.

The ball quickly flew out from De Bruyne's feet, crossed the wall, drew an arc, and landed at the back of the penalty area.

Monaco's high points Glic, Jemoson and Jemoson were all in the middle, focusing on the offensive high points of Smalling, Fellaini, Harry Kane and other Manchester United, while Toure, who was defending the back point, was suddenly thrown away by Rashford.

After throwing away Toure, Rashford jumped high in the left corner of the small penalty area. At this moment, he seemed to jump over the heads of Glic and others nearby, making people feel extremely tall and powerful, and he feels like a god descending to earth. Facing the free kick sent by De Bruyne, he directly hit the goal with a head.

After the football hit Rashford's head at an extremely fast speed, it changed direction and directly hit Monaco's goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!!”

"In the 81st minute, Manchester United won another goal! A header from Manchester United youth training young player Marcus Rashford!"

After Rashford scored, he pointed at De Bruyne from afar and signaled him to follow him out of the court and go to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.

Harry Kane and other teammates rushed forward.

"What an amazing jumping power! Rashford is not tall, but his jumping power is extremely amazing. Judging from the slow-motion replay of the entire goal, De Bruyne's free kick was very accurate, and Rashford also jumped very high. The cooperation between the two was very tacit, and Monaco's defense line could not have time to react. This was definitely a tacit cooperation between the two players at once!"

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Manchester United players gathered together on the sidelines, and everyone was celebrating the team's goals.

The goal was scored within three minutes of the game, and Manchester United has been passive in the field since then, but now he has taken advantage of a free kick to win another goal. This is definitely a goal that made Monaco completely desperate.

The score of this game was 2:0, and the total score became 5:4. Manchester United had three away goals in hand, and Monaco had to score two goals in a row to reverse.

There is not much time left. Can Monaco have a chance?

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Ye Su turned around and slapped his assistants to celebrate with his assistants. This goal could almost be said to have laid the foundation for the victory of the game.

So he quickly replaced Valencia with Kyle Walker and Ashley Young with Luke Shaw.

After all, Ashley Young and Valencia are not from real full-backs. Although they played well after being passively transformed into full-backs, they are always a little worse. In addition, both of them are veterans in their early thirties. After playing for more than 80 minutes, their physical fitness has some problems and they can no longer keep up with the pace of the game.

In the remaining ten minutes of the game, Monaco will definitely counterattack with all their might, and the pace of the game will be very fast. Manchester United plays defensively counterattacks, and has extremely high requirements for assists and defenses of both full-backs.

Although Luke Shaw and Kyle Walker started in the first two games and played the whole game, they were young and resilient. With their ability, it was not a problem to deal with the next ten minutes.

Jalding had no choice, so he replaced Falcao with Dillar and replaced Lacazette with Gilman.

This is also a substitution that significantly strengthens the team's ability to attack in the frontcourt. When facing tenacious defense, Dillar and Gilman, who are relatively tall, should be more useful than Falcao and Lacazette, especially the two who have just appeared on the court. Their physical strength must have a very obvious advantage over Falcao and Lacazette who have played for more than 80 minutes.

And it has to be said that Yarding's substitution is quite targeted.

After Gilman and Dillal came on the court, Monaco had an important fulcrum in the frontcourt, and they controlled the ball, which made them start to threaten.

It was Dillal who received a cross from Bernardo Silva in the penalty area and headed the ball to Gilman, who made a push shot in front of the goal, winning a game for Monaco.

In the following minutes, Monaco almost desperately attacked. Manchester United was also forced to be in a very embarrassing situation.

Ye Su even replaced De Bruyne with Van Dyke, changed to a 541 formation, and defended the penalty area completely. Finally, the score was supported until the end of stoppage time.

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When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, thunderous cheers burst out at the entire Old Trafford Stadium. All the fans were celebrating the team's entry into the semi-finals in a frantically.

But the players on the court were a little exhausted, and even Mbappe, who came on as a substitute, couldn't stop shaking his legs.

The pressure Monaco put on the team in the final stage was so great that Manchester United couldn't even fight back. Mbappe, who was originally staying in front to fight back, had to return to the nearest penalty area line to help the team defend and make up for the team's defense.

Fortunately, Manchester United's defense was very good, and in the end he withstood Monaco's offensive pressure. Everyone tried their best, and no one was slacking off at all.

The final result was that Manchester United drew 5-5 with Monaco, and then almost eliminated the Ligue 1 giants with away goals, which made Monaco players look a little overjoyed.

Especially Lemar. In fact, he performed very hard in this game, but did not show strong offensive strength. When Manchester United retreated at all, Lemar could not play his advantage, but players like Bernardo Silva and Moutinho were even more threatening.

The most important thing for a speed player like Lemar is to have room to allow him to perform his speed.

After resting for a while, Mbappe took a breath and walked towards the nearby Lemar.

"How is it? Am I right? Come to Old Trafford Stadium again, don't even think about going out alive." Mbappe said to his teammates in the French youth team with a smile.

Lemar shook hands with Mbappe a little depressedly and said helplessly: "We are mainly too tired. But don't be careless, the opponents you meet will be stronger when you enter the semi-finals!"

Mbappe nodded. There is no weak person who can enter the Champions League semi-finals. Judging from the current situation, the other three teams that are more likely to enter the Champions League semi-finals are Juventus and Madrid's two players.

These three teams are more difficult than the other. Last season, Manchester United was in the quarterfinals and finals respectively. When they met these three teams in the semi-finals and finals, they were a little easier to play with Juventus.

However, it will be hard to predict what will happen if you face Juventus again this season.

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Manchester United beat Monaco 2-1 at home, and entered the Champions League semi-finals with the advantage of many away goals, becoming the first team to enter the Champions League semi-finals this season.

In addition, in a match that was whistled at the same time, Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid, led by Ronaldo 2-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium. The two sides tied 3:3 in two rounds, with the same away goals, and had to enter overtime.

At present, overtime between the two sides is in progress.

This game is very dramatic because it can be said that Real Madrid "made" himself into overtime. They first gave Bayern Munich a penalty shortly after the second half, allowing the opponent to equalize the score in two rounds. Fortunately, Ronaldo helped the team equalize the score in more than 20 minutes, and surpassed the total score again in the two rounds.

But Real Madrid players were not happy for long. Ronaldo had just tied the score and there was a problem with their defense line. Captain Ramos scored his own own, and the score on the field became 1:2, and the score in two rounds was 3:3!

However, it was not only Real Madrid players who "do" this game, but also Bayern Munich players were also "do". For example, Bayern midfielder Vidal first received a yellow card for unnecessary malicious foul in the first half, and then in the 84th minute of the game, he received the second yellow card for malicious fouls again, and two yellows turned red and were sent off.

Therefore, for the rest of the time, Bayern Munich had to face the situation of ten people facing the challenge.

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Overtime has become a performance time for the Portuguese superstar.

In the 105th minute, Real Madrid captain Ramos completed his self-salvation. He gave an assist. Ronaldo shot with his left foot in the center of the penalty area, and the ball rushed into the middle of the opponent's goal. Real Madrid 2:2 Bayern Munich, and the total score became 4:3!

In the 109th minute, Marcelo made an assist, and Ronaldo shot with his right foot in the center of the penalty area, and the ball rushed into the middle of the opponent's goal. Real Madrid 3:2 Bayern Munich, and the total score became 5:3.

This is Ronaldo's third goal in this game and his fifth goal in two rounds in the quarterfinals.

It can be said that Ronaldo relied on his own to drag Real Madrid into the semi-finals of the Champions League!

After scoring this goal, Ronaldo's Champions League goal number has risen to 7 goals this season, reaching the top five in the Champions League scorer list!

After entering the Champions League knockout round, Ronaldo seemed to have become a different person. From the previous weakness during the group stage, he became the current killer, cutting melons and vegetables.

In sharp contrast, Barcelona's top star Messi. The Argentine superstar was a god-blocking killer gods and Buddhas during the group stage. He scored 10 goals in six group matches, far ahead of the Champions League scorer list. However, after entering the knockout round, Messi became difficult to score a goal. In the first leg of Barcelona's 0:4 in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, he definitely did not score. Even in the second leg of the Universe team completed an epic reversal of 6:1 at home, he only scored a penalty. In the quarterfinals, Barcelona lost 0:3 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, and the Argentine superstar once again did nothing.

However, Manchester United captain Rooney performed relatively stably during the Champions League group stage and knockout stage. He scored 8 goals in the group stage and 4 goals in the knockout stage. He has now surpassed Messi on the Champions League scorer list and ranked first.
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